claggy, a. Chiefly dial.
(ˈklægɪ)
[f. clag + -y.]
Tending to clag, or to form sticky lumps or clots; tenaciously sticky, adhesive. Hence ˈclagginess.
| 1570 Levins Manip. 98 Claggye, lubricus. 1611 Cotgr., Iotteux, claggie, clammie, cleauing. 1788 W. Marshall E. Yorksh. Gloss., Claggy, sticky, as wet clay. 1796 Pearson in Phil. Trans. LXXXVI. 433 To render copper less tough and clingy (note, The workmen say, claggy). 1838 Blackw. Mag. XLIV. 540 The spider spreads his claggy snares. 1876 Robinson Whitby Gloss. (E.D.S.), Claggy, sticky like pitch; tenacious.—Clagginess, adhesiveness. 1881 Raymond Mining Gloss., Claggy, Newc., when the coal is tightly joined to the roof, the mine is said to have a claggy top. |